Almost Home
Almost Home: A Story Based on the Life of the Mayflower's Young Mary Chilton (Daughters of the Faith Series)
Daughters of the Faith: Ordinary Girls Who Lived Extraordinary Lives.
Almost Home is the story of the pilgrims’ journey to America and of God’s providence and provision.
Several of the characters in the story—Mary Chilton, Constance Hopkins, and Elizabeth Tilley—were actual passengers on the Mayflower. Mary Chilton was a young girl when she left her home in Holland and traveled to America onboard the Mayflower with her parents. The journey was filled with trials, joys, and some surprises, but when she reached the New World, she experienced a new life, new freedom, and new home.
Wendy Lawton has taken the facts of the pilgrims’ journey to the New World, and from this information filled in personal details to create a genuine and heart-warming story.
Among the annals of missionary service around the world are countless
true stories of intrepid men and women. They braved innumerable dangers,
toils, tragedies, and triumphs and made important discoveries. These
accounts
should be read and passed on to future generations—not in order to
praise these brave men and women, but to give glory to the name of Jesus
Christ. It was for Him that their lives were dedicated and often
sacrificed. These are men and women of whom the world “was not worthy”
(Hebrews 11:38). May these stories of those who have gone before inspire
and encourage the current and future ranks of Christians, both young
and old alike, to give everything for the sake of Jesus Christ.
